a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Of late, I have noticed complaints against the Apple accessibility team as if to suggest that we are being ignored. It seems to be the belief of some that the Apple accessibility team fixes accessibility bugs and problems with Voice Over. I do not believe that this is the case. It is my belie

huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
voiceover still says ‘one row added’ while trying to read mail. it also doesn’t focus on the message when you do ‘vo/j’ on a message. It keeps you in the message list so when you go to review text you aren’t actually focused on the message at all, but still on the inbox list. Alia -- You re

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Richard Ring
VO has said 1 row added since Snow Leopard, it is not just a mail thing, it happens in any table wher additional rows are in fact, added. If VO J isn’t working for you, try simply pressing enter on a message you wish to read, and when you’re done, press command w. You can have an off day, but y

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
this is untrue. when reading mail in lion vo did not say one row added in classic view or modern view. It did say it in conversation view, but when you vo/j on a message it read normally. I read hundreds of mail messages before upgrading to mavericks, and when you were focused on the text of a m

Re: command shift o behavior, bug or new feature?

2013-12-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I can’t reproduce this behavior in the finder. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Dec 16, 2013, at 5:19 PM, John Sanfilippo wrote: > Hello all, > > I've just updated Mavericks via the App Store and observe this: > > from the desk

Re: The new update

2013-12-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I noticed I only get finder busy if I’m interacting with the browser and open or come across a large folder. If I don’t interact, No busies. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Dec 16, 2013, at 7:54 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > ,hi a

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Richard Ring
Well, it has always done it for me no matter what view I used. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Dec 17, 2013, at 7:26 AM, alia robinson wrote: > this is untrue. when reading mail in lion vo did not s

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi guys, I know this is far from a solution, more just my curiosity but, why not just press enter or command O on the message instead of VO J? For starters, your pressing less keys. Second, it works 100% of the time. When your done, hit backspace to delete or, command W to close the window a

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Scott B.
Absolutely right. They can talking to engineering. But engeeniering has the final say. I agree since the great Steve Jobs has passed we're probably not seeing as much interaction from Accessibility as people saw before. To sum it up very briefly Accessibility is where you take the accessibi

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Cheryl Homiak
When what you are used to doing doesn't work for you, it is time to move on and try something else. Vo-j is no longer the best way to handle mail so it's time to adapt in my opinion. -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Ch

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread ROBERT CARTER
Hi, I’m using VO+j to jump from the message list table to the content of a mail message. It works perfectly for me. I see no reason not to use return if that also works. I have the preview pane turned on and am using mail in its default view. I would love to know what is different about what o

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Terje Strømberg
Good advice from Ricardo, backspace to delete. Here in Mountain Lion i need to have full screen in Mail to get Vo + j to work. Maybe you need to have full screen in Maverick Mail too? Take care 17. des. 2013 kl. 14:26 skrev alia robinson : > this is untrue. when reading mail in lion vo did not

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread ROBERT CARTER
Hi, I think the idea that accessibility is less important to Apple since the death of Steve Jobs is nothing more than pure speculation and if anyone can prove otherwise, I would love to see the evidence. I see no value in such comments. Robert Carter On Dec 17, 2013, at 7:42 AM, Scott B. wro

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Mario Navarro
sorry my friend, but what you're talking about doesn't make sense. the accessibility team at apple must have overall responsibility to self take over as the only Department that serves the accessibility issues. This Department has to assume only matters related to everything that has to do with

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I would also like to point out, the accessibility team is made up of more people than the people who read our e-mails and answer our calls. There are a few dedicated Voiceover engineers. I’m guessing not many, but a few that work on Voiceover specific issues. I think we must understand l

Gmail's All Mail folder not working properly in Mail on iOS 7

2013-12-17 Thread David Hole
Hi. As the subject says, I have a problem with the All Mail folder in Gmail on iOS 7. After seting it up using the Google settings, I recieve mails a little while, but after some time, no mails arrives in that folder anymore. When checking other folders, such as the Inbox, Sent Mail, Trash and

RE: Need help with VM Fusion and sound devices

2013-12-17 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I wound up speaking to someone at VM tech support, who told me it can't be done with the configuration I have. I am running a boot camp partition, and have VM grabbing that. Ironically, however, as soon as I finished the call and rebooted my system, it started working just like I want it t

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Buddy Brannan
Also, it would seem to me that Tim Cook is at least as committed to accessibility and inclusion as was his predecessor. He’s the guy in charge. He’s the 50,000 foot view big picture guy. As to complaints about Voiceover’s not improving between 10.9.0 and 10.9.1, I’d say there are some improvem

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Terje Strømberg
If you read the Steve Jobs biography, the author says Apple as company was co - operating between engineers and design. Unlike many other companies they was like a one big division. Therefore Steve Jobs could say "no screen on iPod shuffle" and it was done within 30 minutes. Other companys with

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Alex Hall
In Mavericks, enter works most of the time, but I have had it fail on me. Also, in ML, enter opened a message and read it immediately. In Mavericks, though, the message opens, VO reads the subject as expected, and then it reads the sender's name followed by several clicks. There is then a silenc

Re: Surveys to Increase Accessibility at Cultural Institutions

2013-12-17 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
Hello, Thank you for your agreeing to participate in this project. Your generosity of time and knowledge is most appreciated. I will be sending out a survey which is nearing its completion very soon. I will contact you once its sent. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me. I

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread John Panarese
Yes, one row added will be spoken because the inbox is a table and, of course, new messages will add a new row. I have had this behavior going back to, at least, Leopard. The only time you might not is if you are not interacting with the message table. Take Care John D. Panarese Directo

Re: command shift o behavior, bug or new feature?

2013-12-17 Thread John Panarese
I can't either. Make sure you don't have tab browsing checked in Finder preferences. I know this has led to some odd behaviors in Finder. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CE

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Mario, That’s quite a lot of needless anger just because you didn’t get all the attention you wanted right away from Apple. I do not think we blind people have a right to demand anymore than we have earned. The world owes us nothing for nothing. I suspect that you do not really understand th

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Alex Hall
I know what the new click means, but VO clicks five times after the sender's name where it should click only once. I wouldn't mind so much if the delay wasn't there. I am not sure about html versus text, but I can tell you that ML never did this to me - messages always opened immediately, and no

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread John Panarese
Use the sound effects help in the VoiceOver help menu. There are several new sounds for different elements. This is why you hear various sounds when you open a mail message. To me, some are quite helpful. I also think that whether the mail message is HTML or plain text/rich text makes a

IOS Mailing Listn Apple computer but have an IPhone, I'm more interested in IOS than in MAC OSX. can someone tell me how to subscribe to the IPhone mailing list?

2013-12-17 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello everyone. Since I n o longer have Thanks so much. Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.c

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread John Panarese
Exactly. You know what happens when you assume. We have no idea what is truly the roles of the accessibility team and you also have to consider that there is both Mac OS and iOS to support. how this is allocated within the accessibility team is, again, pure speculation. Take Care John D

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Jessica D
If you find it to be annoying I think you can disable it somewhere in system preferences. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 17, 2013, at 9:46 AM, John Panarese wrote: > > Yes, one row added will be spoken because the inbox is a table and, of > course, new messages will add a new row. I have had

Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-17 Thread Jonathan Mosen
I do wonder if someone critical to do with Apple Accessibility has left or been moved elsewhere. There are ongoing issues not just with Mavericks, but with iOS 7 as well, and while all software has bugs, some of these issues are quite significant in terms of productivity. I still think on mobile

adding stuff to the dock?

2013-12-17 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
Hi, how do you add things to the dock in mavericks? I just tried the old command shift t and it said something about tabs? Thanks, Cait ps_I can never get mac help to work for me. I tried googling to no avail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisi

Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-17 Thread Buddy Brannan
BTW, for those who think that Tim Cook just doesn’t give two s**ts about accessibility, this is probably well worn a view. Be cynical and say it’s just Tim spewing a line or whatever you like, but I kind of don’t get that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNEafGCf-kw -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Jonathan Mosen
The problem for me with pressing Return on a message instead of VO-J, is that the message subject and folder you're in is spoken first before the message itself. That adds up to a huge amount of extra verbiage when you read hundreds of messages a day. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness te

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Buddy Brannan
Again, I point you to Tim Cook’s acceptance of the lifetime achievement award from Auburn University: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNEafGCf-kw -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Dec 17, 2013, at 9:52 AM, John Panarese wrote: > Exactly. You know w

IOS Mailing List

2013-12-17 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello everyone. I apologize for the last email I sent. The entire text got into the subject line. I know longer have my Mac Mini or a Macbook Pro. I have a Windows 8 laptop. I have an IPhone and am interested in subscribing to the IPhone list. Can anyone tell me how to subscribe to this list? T

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Alex Hall
Exactly, and that's why I usually use vo-a as soon as the message opens. In Mavericks, this won't work since the message usually takes so long to load. The clicks don't anny me, and I appreciate them when reading text where something like an embedded address is detected. It is more that there ar

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread ROBERT CARTER
Hi, I am using a 2012 retina MacBook Pro. When I am on the message list in mail and press vo+j, the body of the message is read immediately by VoiceOver. I do not experience any delay at all. Robert Carter On Dec 17, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Exactly, and that's why I usually use

Re: IOS Mailing Listn Apple computer but have an IPhone, I'm more interested in IOS than in MAC OSX. can someone tell me how to subscribe to the IPhone mailing list?

2013-12-17 Thread Michael Hunter
Hi Paul I presume you are thinking of the VIPhone Google group. This is the link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/viphone. You should be able to click the blue 'Join this group' button to subscribe if you have a Google Account. Or you should be able to send an email to viphone+subscr...@go

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Robert, this is heartening, but since your experience on the list seems to be the exception rather than the rule, I think Apple Accessibility needs to let us know what the magic ingredient is to getting VO-J behaving 100% of the time in Mail as it used to. For now the work-around I'v employed

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread John Panarese
This is the same for me. I prefer VO-j over the enter method for the reasons Alex and others have expressed in this thread. I only wanted to point out the sounds you were hearing and why. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Scott B.
Paul, You said it all. On 12/17/2013 07:54, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Mario, That’s quite a lot of needless anger just because you didn’t get all the attention you wanted right away from Apple. I do not think we blind people have a right to demand anymore than we have earned. The world owes us

Re: adding stuff to the dock?

2013-12-17 Thread Jessica
call 877-204-3930 for help. I may do this myself as I have other questions. Jessica jldai...@gmail.com On Dec 17, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Caitlyn and Maggie wrote: > Hi, > how do you add things to the dock in mavericks? > > I just tried the old command shift t and it said something about tabs? >

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If you get rid of the Preview Pane so that pressing return/enter opens the message, then the “one row added” does not happen and the focus is directly on the message that you’re reading. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 17, 2013, at 6:04 AM, alia robinson wrote: > voic

Re: adding stuff to the dock?

2013-12-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, The new command in Mavericks is cmd-ctrl-shift-t to add things to the Dock. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 17, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Jessica wrote: > call 877-204-3930 for help. > I may do this myself as I have other questions. > Jessica > jldai...@gmail.com > > > > On

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hmmm. I don’t experience the delay at all that Alex is speaking of when I use the return method. It does read the subject though which hasn’t bothered me much. Sometimes, I just VO-left then VO-right and it starts reading the message if I don’t feel like listening to the subject. Later… Tim

Re: adding stuff to the dock?

2013-12-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, The command has changed. It’s now Control command shift T. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Dec 17, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Caitlyn and Maggie wrote: > Hi, > how do you add things to the dock in mavericks? > > I just tried the

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
no, you can’t disable it. Alia On Dec 17, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Jessica D wrote: > If you find it to be annoying I think you can disable it somewhere in system > preferences. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 17, 2013, at 9:46 AM, John Panarese wrote: > >> Yes, one row added will be spoken

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
exactly, and it worked fine before mavericks and now doesn’t. I am kind of put off by people saying just get used to doing it differently. Obviously something that was working is no longer working, imo that is a bug, and how many bugs am I supposed to be expected to “put up with” before the oper

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, On my machine, a mid 2010 macbook pro, there is no real latency between pressing enter and control O and the message opening. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Dec 17, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Exactly, and that's why

Re: adding stuff to the dock?

2013-12-17 Thread Jessica D
this command does not work for me on a fifteen inch macbook pro with retina display. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 17, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > > Hi, > > The command has changed. It’s now Control command shift T. > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > T

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
for me enter never interacts with text, yes it reads it, but more often than not I am on the header field, and the currsor isn’t tracking as it reads. If I want to open a link, or review text I have to vo down and interact with text. that is far more work if I forget to do it, and it’s never con

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Jessica D
I use item chooser. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 17, 2013, at 12:00 PM, alia robinson wrote: > > for me enter never interacts with text, yes it reads it, but more often than > not I am on the header field, and the currsor isn’t tracking as it reads. If > I want to open a link, or review text

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hey guys. About the mail thing, just switch to classic layout under viewing in Mail’s preferences. That way, you can navigate by and hide/show columns you don’t want or need. HTH, Matthew Campbell On Dec 17, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Also, it would seem to me that Tim Cook is a

Re: Need help with VM Fusion and sound devices

2013-12-17 Thread Chris Blouch
VMWare is a layer on top of the MacOS so as much as possible they try to recycle what OSX already does. So the Windows network is just piped through whatever your Mac is using and apparently the same thing for sound. My comment was referring to using the built-in optical connector to send 5.1 s

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. with me at least, vo j just reads the text of the message. if you press enter or command o you hear who it’s from and their email address etc. It just seems a bit quicker to me. I’m not having any problems with vo j though. Blessings! maria and Joe chapman Email, iMessage & fb: bubbygir

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. when you press vo j to read a message, turn quick nav on and you should be able to interact with the text of the message. to select part of a message to copy and paste press enter on the message to open it. I hope this helps. Cheers Maria sent from mac mini email, & fb bubbygirl1...@

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
that is my point. I can’t press vo/j to read mail anymore because of the one row added announcements that didn’t used to happen, and if you open it with enter or command o you aren’t in the text field to be able to interact you either have to vo down and interact with text, or use the item choos

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
Hi. if you jget a 1 row added just interact with the text and press vo a to continue reading. It shouldn’t really interrupt that much. Unless you’re getting lots of mail coming in. I hope this helps Cheers Maria sent from mac mini email, & fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com skype bubbygirl1972

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread ROBERT CARTER
Hi, When I am on the messages list and I press VO+J the text of the mail message starts reading immediately. If there is a link or something in the message that I need to activate, I simply down arrow to it. I have been reading mail this way at least since Lion and certainly in Mountain Lion. M

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
Hi. it’s the same for me, accept if quick nav is turned off and I’ve pressed vo j then try to arrow through a message it reads the message list, but this works fine if quick nav is on. Warm regards and blessings Maria, Joe and FurBabies Email: iMessage:bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 18 Dec 20

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
I am getting a lot of mail, and it does interfere greatly for me. with imap you can’t tell it to do manual retrieval, so yes, it is interupting me every couple of minutes. for the amount of mail I get it makes it unuseable. they will either have to fix it or I guess I will have to live with do

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
when new mail comes in it will interput your reading and say ‘one row added’ has been doing this since the upgrade. On Dec 17, 2013, at 12:59 PM, ROBERT CARTER wrote: > Hi, > > When I am on the messages list and I press VO+J the text of the mail message > starts reading immediately. If there i

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi all! I've been sitting here all morning with my email open and reading lots of messages. I've tried to replicate problems that some seem to be having and I can't. I usually just press enter to open an email and press backspace or delete to get rid of a message. I also did vo-j and had no p

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. I’m not sure that its broken. I think vo is just letting you know that a new message has come in. this might be important information for some. If I press enter on a message vo automatically reads it to me. it’s just that I don’t necessarily want to hear the email address and stuff again

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Jim Gatteys
What exactly is the hard way? Jim On Dec 17, 2013, at 12:02 PM, alia robinson wrote: > I am getting a lot of mail, and it does interfere greatly for me. with imap > you can’t tell it to do manual retrieval, so yes, it is interupting me every > couple of minutes. for the amount of mail I get

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Ricardo, You use mail exactly the way I use, just enter on a message to open and backspace to delete it. Can you confirm to me that in Mavericks this still works fine. I use classic view in mail, and haven't wanted to upgrade to Mavericks because of all the mail issues but it sounds like th

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. I’m not really having any problems either. I prefer to use vo j but either way works just fine. If I get the 1 row added message I either just arrow down with quick nav on to read the rest of the message or do a vo a. Blessings! maria and Joe chapman Email, iMessage & fb: bubbygirl1...@gm

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
if I do a return or a command O am not focusing in the text fields, so I have to vo down or use item chooser to get to links in mail. If I am doing vo/j alone the currsor moves as it reads. It makes working with links in mail more difficult. Alia On Dec 17, 2013, at 1:09 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
Hi just press vo a and the rest of the message should resume reading. hth Warm regards and blessings Maria, Joe and FurBabies Email: iMessage:bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 18 Dec 2013, at 5:04 am, alia robinson wrote: > when new mail comes in it will interput your reading and say ‘one row add

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Jim Gatteys
If I open a message with the return key it puts me in the body of the mail message. Maybe I'm missing something but I can't see the need for vo-j. seems like a lot of extra keystrokes. I have to turn on quick nag if I do vo-j. Can somebody explain? On Dec 17, 2013, at 12:11 PM, alia robinso

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
I realize that, but when it happens five or six times a message it becomes tedious. I am simply saying for me, who gets long messages, and lots of them it is making mail unmanageable, that is all. I appreciate help and suggestions, truly I do, but when the work arounds are becoming this annoying

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
It puts me in headers, almost everytime. I always have to vo down to get to text. On Dec 17, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote: > If I open a message with the return key it puts me in the body of the mail > message. Maybe I'm missing something but I can't see the need for vo-j. > seems lik

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Jim Gatteys
I have to vo-left or right to get into the headers. mine always leaves me at the first of a mail message when I press return to open. On Dec 17, 2013, at 12:16 PM, alia robinson wrote: > It puts me in headers, almost everytime. I always have to vo down to get to > text. > On Dec 17, 2013, at

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread eric oyen
might I suggest, that instead of just an email campaign to correct some of the issues with voiceover in the later OS versions, that we should follow up with a snail mail campaign directed at the company president. I know this seems archaic, but the presence of physical mail can sometimes carry a

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
I used to be able to read messages fine. Only if I was in the message list did it say ‘one row added’ once I interacted with text it didn’t read that at all. It is since the upgrade to mavericks, and as I said some of my emails are pages long, so I am doing this ten times an email. Alia On Dec

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. If I press return or command o I get from and maybe their email address etc. When I press backspace to delete I get inbox iPhone message 1 of xxx etc. If I press vo j I hear the text of the message straight up and then when I press back space it just tells me the next message usually

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Jim Gatteys
Are you saying you have to interact with a message to read it? I do not have to do this, only if I want a link or event or some specific info but just reading I just press enter. On Dec 17, 2013, at 12:18 PM, alia robinson wrote: > I used to be able to read messages fine. Only if I was in the

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. that would be a good idea if it’s an option to turn it off. I think it should be optional for sure though. Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 18 Dec 2013, at 5:15 am, alia robinson wrote: > I realize that, but when it happens five or six times a message it becomes > ted

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
Mine isn’t consistent, at times it does, at times it doesn’t. I have no idea why. On Dec 17, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote: > I have to vo-left or right to get into the headers. mine always leaves me at > the first of a mail message when I press return to open. -- You received this

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
I am saying vo/j no longer works to read mail with imaps enabled. I prefer to read mail with vo/j since the currsor tracks correctly, and I can click on links without having to vo down or use the item chooser since enter and command o sometimes put me in the header field. On Dec 17, 2013, at 1:

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
It seems like it would be easy to do. If I write a script I’ll probably blow up my processor! :) On Dec 17, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Maria and Joe Chapman wrote: > HI. that would be a good idea if it’s an option to turn it off. I think it > should be optional for sure though. -- You received thi

Re: adding stuff to the dock?

2013-12-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, The cmd-ctrl-shift-t is not a machine specific command. Whether you have a MacMini or the most powerful MacPro, this key combination should work as it is an OS command. If it is not working, there’s likely either a physical keyboard issue, a mis-touch of the key combination or you’re tryi

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
Hi. sorry I don’t know how to write a script either. regards Maria and crew from australia email: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com check out www.95-the-mix.com where we play lots of great music On 18 Dec 2013, at 5:23 am, alia robinson wrote: > It seems like it would be easy to do. If I writ

Re: adding stuff to the dock?

2013-12-17 Thread Jim Gatteys
When I am in the applications window, I arrow down to radium and then press command-control-shift-t and voiceover says add to dock. On Dec 17, 2013, at 12:29 PM, Jessica wrote: > I am trying to add “radium as some people have successfully done.” > Why can’t I? > Jessica > jldai...@gmail.com > >

RE: Need help with VM Fusion and sound devices

2013-12-17 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I am not sure if the USB sound card I have supports an optical in. What would the jack look like? And which mini port would I use? That certainly would make it more responsive, I would imagine. Thanks. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionari

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Buddy Brannan
Ehh. It won’t get very far if you send to 1 Infinite Way in Cerritos. It might be better to go to 1 Infinit Loop in Cupertino though. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Dec 17, 2013, at 1:17 PM, eric oyen wrote: > might I suggest, that instead of jus

Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-17 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, alll, I wasn't going to post to this thread, but I've been thinking about this issue of accessibility. When I decided to switch to a Mac, I knew I had to consider the fact that buying a product off the shelf was going to mean risking some accessibility features. Maybe mainstream developers

Re: Need help with VM Fusion and sound devices

2013-12-17 Thread Chris Blouch
Macs from the last decade or so have had their headphone jack also be an optical audio out as well. I'm not sure when they started putting them on all the models but I know the MacPro tower machines from 2003 had optical outs. Anyway, you'll need a mini-TOSLink cable to fit the headphone jack c

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Alex, I’m wondering what your Header detail is set to. In Mail Prefs, in the Viewing tab, if you have your Header Detail set to all, then it may take more time blipping through those details. I’ve set mine to Custom and only have things like From, To, CC, Attachments and Date. I believe t

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread eric oyen
oh. thanks for the correction. the other address was to google corporate HQ. -eric On Dec 17, 2013, at 11:34 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Ehh. It won’t get very far if you send to 1 Infinite Way in Cerritos. It > might be better to go to 1 Infinit Loop in Cupertino though. > -- > Buddy Brannan,

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
Hmm vo j seems to work every time for me. I wonder why it’s different on some systems. Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 18 Dec 2013, at 2:56 am, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > Hi Robert, this is heartening, but since your experience on the list seems to > be the exception rather th

Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-17 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Teresa, I agree with you! :) Most of peoples problems are located in the "chair" ;) I make a living every day on a mac pro running pro tools and "never stop" studying PT & the mac Os. To sum it up "don't sing the blues if you haven't paid the dues! :) Make sure its a bug before you report it t

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Rhonda Hornbacher
Hi, You may want to check manually fetch mail, that is how I have it set because messages kept coming in and interrupting . Rhonda On Dec 17, 2013, at 1:04 PM, alia robinson wrote: > when new mail comes in it will interput your reading and say ‘one row added’ > has been doing this since the u

Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-17 Thread ROBERT CARTER
Hi, I think we sometimes romanticize the idea that things were fabulous when we used a screen reader that was developed by a company that specializes in screen reading. Don’t get me wrong, I very much appreciate what the screen reader companies have done for accessibility. At the same time, I d

MB Air 11 2012 sluggish with Mavericks

2013-12-17 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Mavericks Users, I experience a MacBook Air 11 from 2012 as very sluggish under Mavericks using Apples german Voices. Especially if I change the active program using CMD + Tab. This issue does not accur if I use the english voice Alex. So I got just very little hope that someone can confirm t

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi there, I’m using vo j just fine in standard view. Sometimes, if it doesn’t work suddenly, restarting mail always solves the problem for me. I think it’s just a focus issue which this update hasn’t sorted out, but is probably wider than mail. On 18/12/2013, at 2:26 am, alia robinson wrote:

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Please tell meow you are reading mail in standard view? I just press enter on each message once they have been deleted. Is there another better way? I don’t do command J. Thanks. Kawal. On 17 Dec 2013, at 21:09, Lisette Wesseling wrote: > Like Robert, I am noticing no issues with mail in M

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Like Robert, I am noticing no issues with mail in Mavericks. I am in standard view with preview pane turned on. I am interacting with the messages table and it all works really fine. I know some people prefer classic view and/or their preview pain turned off. Maybe this is the difference. I just

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Eric I for one refuse to do such a thing because I think, for one thing, it doesn't reach the people that need to know about anything that is going wrong. Lately, I have called Accessibility, and the advisor has been more than willing to write up and report the things we found that were prob

Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-17 Thread Richard Ring
I’m about to really annoy the moderators but, thanks Teresa for such a well-reasoned post. One thing to keep in mind is, Freedom Scientific doesn’t design computers, nor do they design operating systems. They design a screen reader that supports an operating system whose developers aren’t all th

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